luscinia

See also: Luscinia

Latin

luscinia (nightingale)

Alternative forms

• luscinius

Etymology

Possibly from luscus (“one-eyed”) + canō (“sing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lusˈki.ni.a/, [ɫ̪ʊs̠ˈkɪniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luʃˈʃi.ni.a/, [luʃˈʃiːniä]

Noun

luscinia f (genitive lusciniae); first declension

1. nightingale

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	luscinia	lusciniae
Genitive	lusciniae	lusciniārum
Dative	lusciniae	lusciniīs
Accusative	lusciniam	lusciniās
Ablative	lusciniā	lusciniīs
Vocative	luscinia	lusciniae

Derived terms

• lusciniola

Descendants

• Italian: usignolo
• Old French: losseignol, lourseignos
• Old Occitan: rossinhol
  • Catalan: rossinyol
  • → French: rossignol
  • Occitan: rossinhòl
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: reiseñor, rousinol; reissenhor, roussinol, rouxinol
    • Portuguese: rouxinol
  • → Spanish: ruiseñor
    • → Ladin: rusignûl
• Romansch: luschaina

References

• “luscinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luscinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luscinia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.